Single and double clip-pin attachment



Sept. 17, 1940. ca. MIGLIORI SINGLE AND DOUBLE. CLIP-PIN ATTACHMENT Filed July 7, 1939 INVENTOR G/USZ-PPE M/'Z/OP/ ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 17, 1940 PATENT OFFICE,

SINGLE AND DOUBLE CLIP-PIN ATTACH- MENT Giuseppe Migliori, Cranston, R. I.

Application July 7, 1939., Serial No. 283,211

2 Claims.

This invention relates to single and double clippin attachments.

An object of this invention is to provide a clip, and a pin attachment removably mounted on the clip to permit the owner of the clip to use the same piece of jewelry as a pin, where a clip cannot be used. When the owner of the piece of jewelry wants to use the same as a clip, all she has to do is to slide the pin attachment off the clip.

A further object of this invention is to provide a pin attachment adapted to be mounted on a clip, and being so arranged that when the pin attachment is mounted on the clip and is closed, it will prevent the clip from opening and from being snatched off the pin attachment, or off the garment to which it is pinned.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a clip-pin attachment for the purpose of taking two separate clips and attaching them together by a double pin attachment, so that the two clips may be attached together and pinned to a garment, the pin attachment being so arranged that when it is closed, it will prevent the clips from being removed from the pin attachment. Nevertheless, when the pin is opened, the clips may be removed from the pin attachment and used as clips.

Yet another object of this invention is to provide a neat, compact and durable article of the character described, which shall be relatively inexpensive to manufacture, easy to assemble and disassemble, and yet practical and efficient and safe in use. I

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and of Which the scope of application will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown one of the various possible illustrative embodiments of this invention,

Fig. 1 is an elevational, cross-sectional view of a single clip-pin attachment, with the clip closed and the pin attached to the pin catch, and holding the clip against opening;

Fig. 2 is a. rear, elevational View of the structure shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the clip mountins;

Fig. 4 is a rear, elevational view of a double clip-pin attachment;

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional View taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 4; and

. Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the pin attachment for the double clip shown in Fig. 4.

Referring now in detail to the drawing, Ill designates an ornamental single clip-pin device embodying the invention. The same comprises an ornamental member or piece of jewelry II, to which there is fixed a clip mounting member I5.

Said clip mounting l5 comprises a flat wall 30 riveted or soldered, or cast with the ornamental member II. Extending from the flat Wall 30, at right angle thereto, is a wall 35 bent back, as at 32, to form a wall 33 having a lip 34 at one end, and forming a channel or passage 35, for the purpose hereinafter appearing.

On wall 30 are a pair of apertured ears 31. A part of the wall 3! is punched to form a spring tongue 38 for the purpose hereinafter appearing.

The clip grip member I6 has pintles 40 at one end, pivotally received within the apertured ears 31. The upper end of the grip member 16 contacts the spring tongue 38 which serves to maintain said grip either in open or closed positions.

The structure thus far described is an ordinary clip which may be attached to an edge of a dress, hat or other article, in the usual manner.

Means is provided to enable the clip to be pinned to parts of dresses or other articles, where it cannot be attached as a clip. To this end, there is provided a pin mounting attachment l2 having a flat wall I! contacting the back of the ornamental member ll. Extending upwardly from one end of the plate IT, at right angles thereto, is a flat wall 2!, likewise contacting the rear surface of the ornamental member H.

At the upper end of wall 21 is a horizontal arm 22 disposed in a plane perpendicular to the rear surface of the ornamental member I I, and spaced therefrom and extending parallel thereof. The arm 22 has a free end 23.

At one end of wall I! is a hinge 26, to which is hinged a pin 21. At the other end of wall I1 is a pin catch 28 adapted to receive the free end of the pin 21.

The pin attachment 1 2 may be mounted on the clip by inserting the arm 22 of the former through the channel 35 of the latter, the arm 22 being so arranged, that when it is inserted into the channel, walls I! and 2| of the pin attachment l2 will contact the rear surface of the ornamental member H.

It will be noted that when the clip grip I6 is closed and the pin 21 is engaged by the catch 28,

said pin is in back of the clip grip and prevents said clip from opening up. When the article ID is therefore pinned to a garment, the clip cannot be slidably moved oiT the arm 22, and therefore cannot be snatched, lost or stolen.

It will thus be noted that the article l may be pinned to a dress any place where it cannot be clipped thereto. If the owner desires to use the clip as a clip, the pin attachment member l2 may be removed.

In Figs. 4, 5 and 6 there is shown a double clip and pin combination. In said figures, two clips such as shown and described in Fig. 1 are attached together by a double pin attachment 5|. Said double pin attachment 5| comprises a flat plate 5la formed with a cut-out 5lb forming side portions Ella and a top transverse portion 5ld.

Extending from the upper edge of the portion Bid is a wall 5Ie extending at right angles to the wall 5Ia. Extending downwardly from the wall He, at right angles thereto, are a pair of parallel arms 51 disposed in planes perpendicular to the wall 5|a, and overlying the cut-away portion 5| b.

On one of the side portions Me is a pin hinge 52, to which is hinged a pin 53. On the other side portion Me of wall 51a, is a pin catch 54 adapted to receive the free end of the pin 53.

It will now be understood that the arms 5! may be inserted into the channels 35 of the clips, and when the pin 53 is closed, the clips are held on the pin attachment 5|. The double clips may be pinned to a dress for fastening two portions of a dress together.

It will now be understood that two clips are assembled and used as one large pin.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In combination, an ornamental member, a clip mounting fixed thereto, said mounting being formed with an elongated channel, a clip grip pivoted to said mounting, a member having an arm received in said channel, and a wall adapted to contact the rear surface of said ornamental member, a pin hinge on said wall, a pin pivoted to said pin hinge, and a pin catch on said wall adapted to receive the free end of the pin, said hinge and catch being located on opposite sides of the clip grip, whereby when the pin is closed it will hold the clip grip against opening.

2. In combination, a member having a flat wall, and a pair of parallel arms having free ends, a pin pivoted to said wall, a pin catch on the wall to receive the free end of the pin, said pin being disposed at right angles to said arms, and adjacent the free ends of said arms, and a pair of clips having channels to receive said arms, said pin being adapted to prevent removal of the clips from said arms when the pin is engaged by the pin catch.

GIUSEPPE MIGLIORI. 

